18-month-old boy survives 30ft fall without a scratch

A toddler who fell three storeys from a window on to the pavement survived without a mark on his body. Hassan Aljadid was playing near the windowsill, which was just a foot off the floor, when he plummeted 9m (30ft) and landed on his back on the concrete below. The 18-month-old stopped breathing for about a minute but tests later showed he had suffered no external or internal injuries.

‘It’s amazing, he’s absolutely fine,’ said Elham Aljadid and her husband Osama. ‘There isn’t a single mark on him at all – we couldn’t believe it and can’t understand how it happened. It’s a miracle.’ Hassan’s Libyan family only recently moved into the flat in Bournemouth.



Hassan’s mother, 26, had been feeding his seven-month-old sister Njwan in the living room when he went behind the curtains near a window. By the time she noticed he was gone, Hassan was being looked after by horrified passers-by on the street outside. He was treated at Poole hospital where he was given X-rays and tests but he was found to have no external or internal injuries.

Hahmed Faal, a 27-year-old university student, was one of the first people to spot Hassan lying on the ground. ‘I heard a large bang and the baby was outside,’ he said. ‘He was conscious – he stopped breathing for a minute then started again. I just put my jacket on top of him. There were no external injuries. It was just unbelievable. He is very lucky.’